Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids
Speaking tips (Grammar point): Most actions add -ed: play → played, watch → watched. Some are special — learn them: go → went, do → did, make → made, take → took, eat → ate. After “did” use the simple word: “Did you watch the film?” (not “watched”).
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
- 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
- 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
- 4.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / to / her / a / Riya / grandmother.
- 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
- 6.Make a sentence: wrote / her / a / to / Riya / grandmother. / letter
- 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
- 8.🚂 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) picnic (d) sweets
- 9.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
- 11.Make a sentence: a / took / train / to / We / Jaipur.
- 12.Make a sentence: to / a / wrote / letter / her / Riya / grandmother.
- 13.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- 14.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / Diwali / We / lit
- 15.Make a sentence: on / diyas / lit / night. / We / Diwali
- 16.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
- 17.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- 18.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / made / Grandmother
- 19.Make a sentence: a / to / her / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / letter
- 20.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- 21.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) letter (d) picnic
- 22.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- 23.Make a sentence: lit / night. / diyas / We / Diwali / on
- 24.🛕 What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) temple (d) picnic
- 25.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
- 26.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- 27.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / on / night. / lit / We
- 28.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / for / made
- 29.Make a sentence: letter / her / wrote / Riya / to / a / grandmother.
- 30.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets / for
- 31.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) letter (d) beach
- 32.📷 What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) sweets (d) camera
- 33.Make a sentence: to / a / train / Jaipur. / We / took
- 34.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
- 35.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) temple
- 36.Make a sentence: a / We / train / to / took / Jaipur.
- 37.Make a sentence: her / letter / a / to / grandmother. / wrote / Riya
- 38.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) beach (d) train
- 39.Make a sentence: to / train / a / We / took / Jaipur.
- 40.🎆 What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) sweets
Answer key
- went
- were
- made
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- played
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- did
- train
- Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
- took
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- Last week, we went to the beach.
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- was
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- picnic
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- temple
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- We lit diyas on Diwali night.
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
- sweets
- camera
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- watch
- beach
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
- film
- We took a train to Jaipur.
- fireworks
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